ISLANDERS (0-0-0) at MAPLE LEAFS (0-1-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, Prime
Islanders projected lineup
Simon Holmstrom -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri
Matias Maccelli -- Calum Ritchie -- Brayden Schenn
Victor Eklund -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Emil Heineman
Ondrej Palat -- Casey Cizikas -- Anthony Duclair
Adam Pelech -- Matthew Schaefer
Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock
Logan Stanley -- Tony DeAngelo
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Scott Mayfield, Matthew Kessel
Injured: Mathew Barzal (knee)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Kirill Marchenko -- Auston Matthews -- Jack Roslovic
Gavin McKenna -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Easton Cowan -- Nick Paul -- Colton Sissons
Brandon Duhaime -- Teddy Blueger -- Bo Groulx
Morgan Rielly -- Darren Raddysh
Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Troy Stecher
Anthony Stolarz
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Zack MacEwen, Nick Blankenburg
Injured: Dakota Joshua (core), Max Domi (undisclosed)
Status report
Islanders general manager Mathieu Darche said he is hopeful Barzal, a center, will begin skating "by the weekend or early next week at the latest.".. Groulx will enter the lineup for the Maple Leafs; coach Jim Hiller did not confirm who would come out.
